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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



EDITED BY THE DIRECTOR. 



Elwin R. Sanborn, - Asst. Editor. 



PuUisJu-d at the Office of the Society, it Hall St., New York City. 



Copyright, igoj, by the Ne^o York Zoological Society. 



No. »I. OCTOBER, 1 9 03. 



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Single numbers, 15 cents. 



Mailed free to Members. 



©fficrris of tl)r Sotirtp. 

 prcsiDcnt : 



HON. l.i-.\ 1 r. .MORTON. 



iCpccutiVic Committee : 



Ch.\bles T. I!,\knev, Chairman, 

 Henry Fairfield Osbokn, M.adison Grant, 



John S. Barnes, Wii-liam White Niles, 



Philip Schuyler, Samuel Thorne, 



Levi P. Morton, e.x-officio. 



iJBcnccal ©fficetj : 



Secretary, Madison Grant, 11 Wall Street, 



Treasurer, Percy R. Pvne, 62 Wall Street, 



Director, William T. Hornadav, Zoological Park, 



Director 0/ tlie Aquarium, Charles H. Townsend, Battery Park. 



^oarb of .SEanaoctis: 



EX-OFFICIO. 

 The Mayor 0/ the City 0/ New York, Hon. Seth Low, 

 Ihe I'rcMento/ the Deft 0/ Parks. Hon. William R. Willcox. 



Class of 1004. Cla^jS of t905. Cla^s of leoe. 



Charles E. Whitehead, 

 Percy K. Pyiie. 

 George B. Grinnen, 

 l.icob H. Schiff, 

 iiilward I. Herwind. 

 Williaiii C. Whitney, 

 r.eorye C. Clark. 



i Vanderbilt. 



Charles T. Barney, 

 William C. Church, 



Levi P. Morton. 



Andrew Carnegie, 



- - ■ i K. Jesnp. 



John L. Cidwalader. 



I. is|,e.i,ir,l Stewart, Philip Schuyler, 



L.s.|.li Stickney, John S. Barnes. 



II. CiMiii.r ne Kharn, Madison Grant. 



I„cri;e Cmcker. Wilii.nm White Niles. 



1 1 iiyh I ). Auchincloss, Samuel Thorne. 



Charles F. Dieterich, Henry A. C. Tavlnr. 



5 J. Hill. Hugh t. Chisholin. 



George F. Baker. 



\Vm. D. Sloane. 



ONE YEAR HENCE. 



The end of the next twelve months will re- 

 veal an important advance in the development 

 of the Zoological Park. 



The Antelope House and its twenty-two 

 yards outside will be ready for use about 

 November 1st. The building of an Ostrich 

 and Cassowary House, 170 feet long, began 

 last week ; and at the same time there began, 

 under the same contract, the erection of a 

 Small Mammals' House, 170 feet long. 



A contract for the large Bird House was 

 awarded on September 14. Plans for a 

 large Deer House are now in course of prepa- 

 ration. The Llama House will be ready for 

 use by September 20, and the entire collec- 

 tion of animals for it will arrive about Oc- 



tober I as the gift of Mr. Robert S. Brewster. 

 Of this fine gift a full notice will appear in the 

 next issue of the Bulletin. 



September i, 1904, will find the Park in pos- 

 session of four first-class buildings, and at 

 least two smaller ones, beyond what are avail- 

 able to-day. We expect, also, to erect during 

 the next twelve months the permanent Pheas- 

 ants' Aviary, and also a large house for small 

 deer. The surface of the south half of Baird 

 Court will be fully improved at an early date, 

 and in all probability will be completed early 

 in 1904. 



IMPORTANT GIFT OF ANIMALS. 



All persons who are interested in the success 

 and permanence of the great private game pre- 

 serves of the United States will learn, with 

 sincere regret, that the Honorable William C. 

 Whitney has decided to remove the herds of 

 bufifalo, elk, and mule deer from his fine 

 preserve on October Mountain. This reserva- 

 tion occupies a plateau on the mountain top, 

 at an elevation of between 1,000 to 2,000 feet, 

 and is seven miles from the town of Lenox, 

 Mass. 



That the site was well chosen as a home for 

 hardy hoofed animals, the fine condition of the 

 herds on October Mountain abundantly attest. 

 So far as we are aware, there is no fenced 

 preserve in which the species named above 

 have thriven better, multiplied more rapidly, 

 or developed more finely. In the interest of 

 game preservation in the United States, the 

 Director of the Zoological Park some months 

 ago made an earnest effort to dissuade Mr. 

 Whitney from his intention to dispose of his 

 herds, but he was not prevailed upon to re- 

 consider his decision in the matter. 



Originally the herd of elk on October 

 Mountain contained 78 animals, the buffalo 

 herd 38, and the herd of mule deer between 

 25 and 30. 



When the unsatisfactory condition of the 

 elk and buffalo herds of the New York 

 Zoological Park were made known to Mr, 



